韬 — Chinese character
韬
tāo
sheath, scabbard, bow case
- Pinyin
- tāo
- Radical
- 178 ⾱ (Tanned Leather)
- Strokes
- 14
- Components
- 韦 舀
- Formation
- pictophonetic — leather; meaning component 韦; sound component 舀
- Traditional
- 韜
Common words with 韬
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 韬光养晦 (韜光養晦) | tāo guāng yǎng huì | to conceal one's strengths and bide one's time (idiom); to hide one's light under a bushel |
| 韬略 (韜略) | tāo lüè | military strategy; military tactics |
| 龙韬 (龍韜) | lóng tāo | military strategy and tactics; the imperial guard |
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.